Philosophy of Education
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An introduction to major topics of philosophy as they are relevant to problems of current interest in education, now with a new chapter on “Problems of School Reform.”
List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Philosophy of Education Before the Twentieth Century4Socrates and Plato6Aristotle12Rousseau14Pestalozzi, Herbart, and Froebel182The Philosophical and Educational Thought of John Dewey23Dewey's Philosophical Orientation24The Meaning and Aims of Education25Dewey's Psychology28Dewey's Theory of Knowledge31Democracy and Education33The Place of Subject Matter37Dewey Today: An Assessment383Analytic Philosophy41Philosophical Analysis in Education42The Analysis of Teaching45Current Analyses of Teaching524Continental Philosophy58Existentialism58Phenomenology65Critical Theory67Hermeneutics71Postmodernism725Logic and Critical Thinking78Formal Logic78Informal Logic85McPeck's View of Critical Thinking89An Alternative Approach916Epistemology and Education98Justified True Belief99Foundationalism100Truth103Nonfoundational Theories of Knowledge105Epistemology and Education111Constructivism1157Philosophy of Social Science and Educational Research121How Does Science Grow?121A Debate in Educational Research126Some Examples1318Ethics and Moral Education136Pre-Enlightenment Ethics137Enlightenment Ethics141Utilitarianism143Deweyan Ethics146Moral Education149Cognitive Developmentalism1519Social and Political Philosophy160The Current Debate160Justice and Equality in Education16510Feminism, Philosophy, and Education179Feminist Critiques of Philosophy179Epistemology182Philosophy of Social Science184Ethics186Care and Education190Epilogue198Notes201Bibliography216About the Book and Author222Index223
